More job Reference Legalities

[brent rogers <brogers@MPS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>]

Hi RadSafers,

This is in response to a discussion earlier.

Today the Supreme Court ruled on the bad-job-reference/retaliation
issue, and said that the person(s) giving the offending reference can be
liable.  

I've included the USAToday byline below, you can get the whole story at
URL:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/court/nscot500.htm

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Justices let ex-workers sue over bad job references

WASHINGTON - Companies can be sued by former employees who say they
suffered retaliation - such as a bad job reference - for accusing the
employer of discrimination, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Voting
unanimously in a Maryland case by Charles T. Robinson Sr. against his
former employer, Shell Oil Co., the justices said a federal job-bias law
gives former employees the same protection against retaliation as
current employees and job applicants. 


Brent Rogers
brogers@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~brogers